wahhabi

• Anhänger einer streng orthodoxen sunnitischen Glaubensrichtung, die im 18. Jahrhundert in Arabien entstand und eine Rückbesinnung auf die ursprünglichen Lehren des Islam fordert; lehnt Neuerungen ab, die nach den ersten drei Jahrhunderten des Islam aufgekommen sind.

A member of a strictly orthodox Sunni Muslim sect from Saudi Arabia; strives to purify Islamic beliefs and rejects any innovation occurring after the 3rd century of Islam.

Eigenname

1. Member of a conservative Islamic movementC1formal

   A follower of a strict, reformist Sunni Muslim movement originating in the Arabian Peninsula, emphasizing a return to the original teachings of the Quran and Hadith and rejecting later religious innovations.

   Anhänger einer konservativen islamischen Bewegung

   • The scholar was known as a Wahhabi due to his strict adherence to early Islamic texts.
   • Wahhabis generally oppose practices like saint veneration and tomb visitation.
   • The movement's followers, often called Wahhabis, seek to purify Islamic practice.